Match-box holder.



H. W. GOODNOW.

MATCH BOX HOLDER.

APPucATmN FILED MAR.I9.19I1.

1 274,409. Patented Aug. 6, 1918.

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MATCH-BOX HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Au. 6, 1918.

Application filed March 19, 1917. Serial No. 155,718.

holder by the use of which a box of safety or parlor matches may be conveniently sup-, ported.

" f It is the, general obj of nay invention to improve the construction ofsuch devices as heretofore known and to provide a matchbox holder, possessing advantages in economy of manufacture and in convenience and effectiveness vin use which willplainly appear in the following specification.

My invention further relates to arrangements and combinations of parts as herein after described and specifically pointed out in the appended claims.

The preferred form of my invention is shown in the drawings, in which- Figure 1 shows a match-box holder in use and mounted upon a display-card;

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of my improved holder;

Fig. 3 is a sectional front elevation of the holder and a supported matchbox;

Fig. 4 is a sectional side elevation of the holder in use;

Fig. 5 is a top plan view showing the holder folded, and

Fig. 6 is a sectional elevation of a modification.

My improved match-box holder comprises sides 10 and 11, a front 12 and a back 13, these parts being hinged together at their vertical edges to form an open-ended rec tangular casing. The holder may be formed of any suitable sheet material, but is commonly made by scoring a piece of thin cardboard and gumming the opposite ends of the piece of cardboard together to complete the rectangular casing.

One important advantage of this construction lies in the fact that it can be folded flat when not in use, as shown in Fig. 5, in which. condition it is well adapted for convenient shipment and storage.

In one or both of the sides 10 and 11 I form a slot 14% by making a U-shaped cut or slit therein. By this same operation I form an upwardly extending tongue 15 which remains attached to the box side at its lower end. In the preferred form of my invention the tongue is folded transversely, as clearly shown in Fig. 3, and the upper portion is bent downward and inward, and is gummed to the back of the lower portion. I also prefer to form the line of fold slightly below the center of the tongue, in which event the folded portion of the tongue extends bclow the base of the tongue and may be gummed to the inside of the box, thereby strengthening the tongue at itsbase.

If the stock is of suflicient stiffness, however, I may omit the folding and gumming of the tongue, merely cutting off the tongue to the correct length for supporting the inner member of the, match-box, as shown in Fig. 6.

Having formed the tongue on one or both sides of the holder, the match-box may be inserted, as clearly shown in the drawings, the outer member or cover of the box passing downward inside of the holder but outside of the tongue. and being supported between the tongue and the side of the box, while the inner member or box proper is sup orted in raised position upon the ends of the tongues. thus bringing the matches into convenient position for removal. At the same time the scratching surface upon the sides of the match-box is exposed through the slot or slots 14 so that the matches may be lighted after removal from the box.

The match-box holder thus described may be secured to a display-card 16 by gumming its back thereto, or it may be provided with cars 17 and 18 formed by U-shaped cuts in the back. The cars thus formed are bent upward and downward. as shown in Figs. 3 and t. and provide means by which the holder may be readily secured to a wall or other surface by tacks or similar fastening devices. The front of the holder is adapted to receive advertising matter of any desired kind which may be printed thereon while the holder is in flat unfolded condition.

Having thus described my invention it will be clear that I have invented a matchbox holder which can be formed from a single piece of rectangular sheet material by the simple process of making one or more U-shaped slits in said sheet and without the use of any additional material whatever.

Having thus described my invention and a modification thereof, it will be evident that other changes and modifications can be ;n1adenitherein; by, those: skilled in the art Without departing-from the spirit and scope e 1. A match-box holder comprising two sides, a front, and a backfa'llof sheet materialand hinged together at their vertical edges to form an" open-ended rectangular casing, one of said sides having a slot formed I therein by a substantially U-shaped cut, and

' b and'in ner membersof the match-box at 'difthe! partially. severed portion "forming a tongue "eifective to supportboth; the outer ferent elevations, the scratching surface of said box being exposed through said slot.

A match-box holder comprising tWo' sides; a front,,anda back,'all. of sheet material and hinged together at their Vertical edges to 'form ,an open-ended rectangular v casing, one ofsaid sides having aslot formed therein .,by a substantially u -shaped v cut, and the tongue formed by saidv out being. folded transversely and the folded portions being gummed together toform ,a snpport- -effective to hold the-innerjand outer members of the match-box at different -elevations, the

scratching surface of the box being exposed through said slot.

3. A .match-box holder comprising tWo sides, a front, and a back, all of sheet materialand-hingedtogether at their vertical edges 7 I casing, one of said sideshaving a slot=formed therein by a substantiallyU -shaped cut, and the tongue formed bysaid cutbeing folded transversely at a point below the'center of its length and gummed' to the inn'er-side of the lower-portionand to the inner-surface 'ofithe boxvbelo'vvthe U-sha ed cut, thesupport thus formed extending upwardly inside'xthe box cover When in use,'an'd supportingthe inner; 45

box member in raised position. I 'In testimony -Wliereof I have hereunto affixedrnyzsignaturer I e NRY W, GoonNoW.

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